A hierarchical approach to the facility layout problem

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1991, Pages 165-184

  Tam, Kar Yan ^a   Li, Shih Gong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b IBM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES - GEOMETRY; SYSTEMS SCIENCE AND CYBERNETICS - HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FACILITIES PLANNING; LAYOUT REFINEMENT;

INDUSTRIAL PLANTS;

EID: 0025791272     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207549108930055     Document Type: Article

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